On a Saturday night in Basel, three women in Regency-inspired costumes stepped into the spotlight of the Eurovision final, carrying a song that asked the audience a question it could not quite answer. Remember Monday, the UK's entry, came eighth in running order and finished nineteenth, a placing the country had already reached the year before. Their journey, from school friends in Hampshire to the largest stage in European pop, reflects how a small piece of music can travel far beyond the room where it was born. The night's quiet lesson lies in the gap between the juries who admired them and
Remember Monday Finish 19th at Eurovision 2025 With 88 Points, Zero From the Public Vote
Nineteenth again, with 88 points, all from the juries and none from the public
Mark
So where did the UK actually end up?
Mimi
Nineteenth, with 88 points. Remember Monday performed eighth in Basel on May 17 with What The Hell Just Happened?
Mark
And that's the same place as last year?
Mimi
Exactly the same. Olly Alexander was 19th in 2024, but with 46 points. This year's total is much higher.
Luke
Careful with reading too much into that. The report gives the two placings and totals, but it doesn't say how many points other countries got, so we can't judge how close 19th really was.
Mark
What about the zero from the public?
Mimi
That's the striking part. All 88 points came from the juries, and the public vote gave nothing.
Luke
The facts are clear, but the reasons aren't. The article doesn't explain why the public didn't vote for them, so any explanation would be guesswork.
Mark
Is there anything notable about the group itself?
Mimi
They're the first all-female British group since Precious in 1999. They met at school in Hampshire and became West End performers.
Luke
And the song was co-written by a man tied to Denmark's 2013 winner, but the report doesn't claim that link helped or hurt them.
Le Pouls
- Three friends in Bridgerton-style costumes took the Basel stage eighth, carrying the weight of a British girl group returning after more than twenty-five years.
- The jury gave them 88 points, but the public vote delivered a silent zero, leaving a stark divide that stung the night.
- The result lands exactly where Olly Alexander landed in 2024, nineteenth, though with nearly double the points this time.
- The verdict is set, and the question now is whether a jury-favoured sound can win over living rooms across Europe next year.
On a Saturday night in Basel, three women in Regency-inspired costumes stepped into the spotlight of the Eurovision final, carrying a song that asked the audience a question it could not quite answer. Remember Monday, the UK's entry, came eighth in running order and finished nineteenth, a placing the country had already reached the year before. Their journey, from school friends in Hampshire to the largest stage in European pop, reflects how a small piece of music can travel far beyond the room where it was born. The night's quiet lesson lies in the gap between the juries who admired them and the public who did not vote.
On Saturday night in Basel, Lauren Byrne, Holly-Anne Hull and Charlotte Steele walked onto the Eurovision stage as Remember Monday, the United Kingdom's entry. Dressed in Regency-style costumes inspired by Bridgerton, the trio performed eighth in the final with What The Hell Just Happened?, a genre-shifting song built to show off their voices. They are old school friends from Hampshire who went on to work as West End performers, and their story carries a quiet piece of history: they are the first all-female British group to represen the UK since Precious in 1999.
The song was written by Danish songwriter Thomas Stengaard, who had also worked on Only Teardrops, Denmark's 2013 winner, giving the British entry a hidden link to past success. The contest was held in Switzerland this year, following Nemo's win for Sweden in 2024.
When the votes were counted, Remember Monday finished nineteenth with 88 points, all of them from national juries. The public vote gave them nothing. The placing matches Olly Alexander's nineteenth-place finish in 2024, although that year brought 46 points. The night's clearest story sits in that split between professional judgement and public voice.
On Saturday night, May 17, three women in Regency-style costumes walked out onto the stage in Basel, Switzerland, and began to harmonise. They were Remember Monday, the United Kingdom's entry in the Eurovision Song Contest, and they were the eighth act to perform in the final of the competition's 69th edition.
The trio are Lauren Byrne, Holly-Anne Hull and Charlotte Steele. They are friends who met at school in Hampshire and went on to work as West End performers. Their outfits were styled after the Bridgerton look, and their song, What The Hell Just Happened?, is a genre-shifting track built to show off their voices.
Their selection carried its own bit of history. Remember Monday are the first all-female British group to represent the UK since Precious in 1999, which ends a gap of more than two decades for a girl group in the contest.
The song was written by the Danish songwriter Thomas Stengaard, who was among the writers of Only Teardrops, the track that won Eurovision for Denmark in 2013. That gave the British entry a link to a past winner behind the scenes.
The contest returned to Switzerland after Nemo won in Sweden in 2024 with The Code. Switzerland's earlier winner was Celine Dion, who took the title for the country in 1988, 36 years before Nemo's victory.
When the votes were counted, Remember Monday finished 19th with 88 points. All 88 came from the national juries. The public vote gave the UK nothing at all, a zero.
The placing matches the one the UK had a year earlier. In 2024, Olly Alexander also finished 19th, though with 46 points. So the British entry has landed in the same position two years running, even as the points total nearly doubled.
The gap between the jury score and the public score is the number that stands out from the night. The full results table, published alongside the report, shows how every country fared in both halves of the vote.
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